The Security Service of Ukraine has intercepted Russian documents on holding a fake referendum in the temporarily occupied territory of the Kherson Region.

The SSU reported that by this pseudo-voting, the invaders hope to legitimize the inclusion of this part of southern Ukraine into Russia.

“They have already developed a concept of preparation to the fake referendum defining tasks and dates when they should be completed,” the SSU said.

However, the date of the ‘vote’ has not yet been set.

According to available information, the invaders plan to assign the main role in organizing and holding of the pseudo-referendum to the pro-kremlin organization “Volunteers for Russia”.

Under the supervision of Russian special services, its members are to disperse in the region, imitate local residents’ support of the invaders, and help film staged stories for TV.

For this, ‘activists’ plan to organize more than 140 simultaneous pro-Russian pickets, 30 of which are to be held in the regional center.

Kremlin-controlled media resources and bloggers will cover the campaign.

In addition, the occupation administration was instructed by their moscow supervisors to set up 20 ‘electoral commissions’ headed by local collaborators. The lists of the ‘electoral commissions’ members had to be approved by August 1.

According to the Security Service of Ukraine, the invaders plan to distribute food packs and start packages of russian mobile operators to increase support from the locals.

However, according to the intercepted enemy documents, the collaborators ‘report’ to their Russian supervisors that the population of Kherson does not accept the idea of ‘joining’ Russia, actively resists and waits for liberation from Russian occupation.

To date, the SSU has identified and established the whereabouts of all traitors and their ‘coordinators’ from Russia involved in organizing of the pseudo-referendum.